Distinct neural mechanisms underlying conceptual knowledge of manner and instrument verbs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107183
Abstract: Studies on the organization of conceptual knowledge have examined categories of concrete nouns extensively. Less is known about the neural basis of verb categories suggested by linguistic theories. We used functional MRI to examine the… read more here.
Keywords: manner instrument; conceptual knowledge; distinct neural; instrument verbs ... See more keywords
Emergence of Covid-19 as a Novel Concept Shifts Existing Semantic Spaces
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13237
Abstract: Conceptual knowledge is dynamic, fluid, and flexible, changing as a function of contextual factors at multiple scales. The Covid-19 pandemic can be considered a large-scale, global context that has fundamentally altered most people's experiences with… read more here.
Keywords: semantic spaces; covid; concept; conceptual knowledge ... See more keywords